Part 7f - Refinements 5 - The headstock dilemma

What to do about the headstock? How to carve a headplate to match an already-existing headstock? (the headplate is the veneer-like facing on the headstock, for those not in the know about these things, including yours truly.) The easy steps in this process are to trace the headstock onto the headplate and rough-cut the headplate around the tracing. To do that, all I need to do is to remove the tuners, trace the headstock, and start sawing. The challenge happens after that, in boring the tuner holes. One way is to glue-tack the headplate to the headstock, and then bore the tuner holes through the headplate full-size, using the existing holes in the headstock as guides, and the 9/16" spade bit. A danger here is that if the bit goes wild, it can bore out the existing tuner holes in the headstock, so that the tuners will no longer fit. If this happens, it's Game Over for the neck. Another way would be to glue-tack the headplate, and drill guide holes through the headplate from inside the tuner holes. Then, use the Dremel tool to carve out the headplate holes to match the tuner holes in the headstock.